Bifurcated undergarment.



H. e. JOHNSON. BIFURCATED UNDERGARMENT. APPLICATION FILED J UNE 21,1911- Patehted 00a 8, 1918.

H. G. JOHNSON.

' BIFURCATED UNDERGARMENT.

MPLICATION FILED 11111221. 1911'.

Patented 001. 1918;.

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will OFF To' tzll whevhfizl mcy concern v 7 Be ,it known that I 'Honhon G. JOHNSON, a citizen -.of- ;rthe. United-States, residing at Kenosha; in ilihe". county m5. Kenoshe and State of 'Wisconsimrhave invented certain new and useful-Iniprovements'in Bifurcated Undergarments of which the following is a specification. a

i This invention relates to that class of underwearknownesunionfsuits, and has for its chief. object to provide .en imp'rovedconstr u'ction of. such germfents permitting the use of a, permanently closed (3!t(3l1 t11(l-I) ]'0- riding ample width-inthe hip undf thigh regions and also providing a posterior opening large enough to b'e practical-and simple to manipulateyanditclosing means for said cover the posterior opening,- which flap or dropsfall hes 'g'enerpll-y requiredseversfl fastenings-neanthewaistline, and is unhitndy and inconvenient toi nanlp'dlate.

The. ehieiai'ms. and purposes sought inthjev resent invention have been to provideen improved garment of this character, which; whileypresefving the closed crotch feature', will :also dispensecnti-rely with the necessity of enyhdet ehable' ;5fastening whatever at the wdi'stshne oi m the vicinity of thecrotch,

addition the .cbove mentioned advantages, the flilliflgel' fsfl fi lfis of gl 'eater, ea-Se end freedom n the use of theiposter or opening,-

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extends downwardly to the inner side of one or both legs forming a leg gore or gores,-.

in which form the lower part or arts sup-r plement the size of the closed t igh poi;- tion of the le or legs, while the manor por-- tion of ap extension supplements the s1ze of the garment around the hips.

My invention in two slightly differing forms is illustrated in the agccompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are, respeetivel front and rear elevations, broken sewn t e arms and legs, of one form of my improved garment, showing the-same substantially as it would appear on the human figure. liig. 3 is a fragmentary plan View in detail of the crotch and adjacent portions of the garment, viewed from'the'inner side of the latter, as the same would appear were the garment split longitudinally on each side and the front and rear halves of the upper 'or body portion s pread out in a common plane wlth the inner sides ofthe ieg pow trated in Figs. 1, :2, and 3. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail plan views of the sentqoiece in- "sert'ion employed in the garment shown in Figs. 2 and 4, respectively.

eferring first to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6, A i

. designates the front and B the rear or back of the upper or body-portion of the ger- -ment;-end and D designate the front and rear, respectively, of the leg portions. The frontA has a straight openingextending from the neck E to a point slightly above the crotch, the edges'edjacent to such openor binding and adapted to b separavblyp united; by huttoning over each other as shown at F; said edges being permanently hnited just above the front ed e of the crotch as by the transverse s'titc ihg indi-f Thejgerment herein shown is knit or woven in tubular term from top to-botto'm; the lower "arts ofthe'legs being formed by splitting t e tube centrally from the lower he r tch.

end to the crotch end then inseaining the 'ed of eachlegbyseams H to oints a and b in the l gs somewhat below t e center of ion fIn carrying out my invention I extend the I vertical split in the rear portion of the garinent up to a point abovethe seat and preferably. adjacent to or slightly above the w aist-line such as the mint indicated at a in Fig. 2; and to the edges formed by" such vertical split 1 secure, as by. sewing, the lateral'outdr edges of a p'air of overlapping gore-pieces or gusset inserts I and I respectnpqly', the former bein'g shown III de-. tail in Fig. 6, and thelatter, in the garment shown in Figs.- 1, 2,: and 3, being of the same size and shape, but inversely disposed. As stated, the outer lateral margin i of the insert I'is secured to the edge of the corresponding rear side-body and leg portions oi the garment bythe seam bc (Fig. 2).

The loweredges i and i of the insert I are respectively secured to the edges of the front side inseams of the legs from points b and (l (Fig. 1) upwardl to the front median line of the. garment a ong seams Z)@ and d--e., respectively. The other lateral edge i of the insert I is free from a permanently attached point 1 slightly below the point a down to the point (Z.

The underlying insert K is secured in the rear bodyand upper leg or thigh portions of the garment in a similar manner, its' fifl outer lateral cdge;(which corresponds with the edge 1' of the insert 1) being secured to the edge of the. corresponding rear side-body and leg portions Of,'tl18 garment. by the seam ac (Fig. 2) 'and the lower edgesthereof (corresponding-t0 the edges 1" and i of the insert I) being. secured to the edges of the front side inseains of the legs from the points x and 9 (Fig. 1) upwardly -to the fronflniedian line of the garment along seams m@ and ge, respectively,- which are partially coincident with the seams (it- 0 and be, as clearly. shown in Fig. 3. The other lateral edge In? of the insert. K is free from a permanently. attached point-h slightly'below the point 0 down tothe point 9.

From thej foregoing it will be seen that 'the outer" insert I constitutes a seat-piece insertion, the lower angles of which form in effect a pair of thigh-gore extensions; and it will be further noted that thelower portion of this seat-piece insertion forms a closed crotch, as most clearly shown inFig. 1. In a measure the lnner insert K (in the form of garment shown in Figs. 1, -2,and

3) has the same functions as the outer insert I; but it also constitutes,- inits relation to the body portion Ofthe garment, a flap extension which underlies the free edge of the seat-piece insertion I- and coo crates with the ]atter---in supplementing tie size of the garment around the hips ,i ts lower portion, which is extended and seamed intothe inner portion of the leg, also 'formingin effect a leg-gore which supplemlsntsjthe sizeof the 'closed thigh portion of the leg. The garment shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 7 1s identical in principle of construction; and manner of use with that. above described,

of its lateral edgesm being .joined to the edge of the corresponding rear side bodyand leg portions of the garment by the seam I) '0; its lowerizdges"In andmbeing secured to the front side 'inseams of the legs from the points b and a upwardly to the front median line of'the garment along the. seams b'e and (ti-6., respectively (F i'g., 5), and its other lateral edge m being free from the permanently attached point 0 down to the point a.'--u;' 1 he underlying flap extension N is joined at'itsv longer lateral edge to the, corresponding is secured to the front sideinseam of one leg coincidently with the seam a-'e of the outer seat-piece insertion M. The other and shorter lateral edge a of the flap, extension N is free from the point 0 down to and through the crotch to the point e. In-

this form of-the invention the .free edge m of the outer seat-piece insertion.M is/preferably swelled slightly between its ends and provided! with 'a button-hole 0 which may 'andthe lower angles of which, extending rear sidebody and leg portions of the garment by -a seam a"-,c; and its lower edge a ermanently closed g iqtch, 1

, 10- into the inner thigh portions'of both legs, 1 "form thigh-gore xtensions;=while the insert N constitutes a [fiapexten'sion underlying and co'iiperatin supplementing the size of the garment arbundthe hips; and its lower'portion', runwith the sealt piec'e M in forms a' leg-gore and supplements the size of the closed thigh portion of tlfe leg. n

I find in practice that the most satisfae tory results -in res ect to the functions of the posterior openin of the garment are secured y running the r e lateral'edge of Ira seatpiece insertion d wn to a permanently at tached po1nt, suc as d or a at theinner side ofthe leg below the crotch; and to pre vent gaping of the garment resulting from thi formation, the underlying flap exteni side inseams of the legs from the pointsof sion is quite essential, aside from the functions of the latter as a hip and thigh-gusset or gore to supplement the size of the garment in the hip and thigh regions.

I claim: g I 1. A bifurcated under-garment, having a I permanently closed crotch formed by a seat piece insertion having its lower angles formed into a pair of thigh-goreextensions respectively seamed to the edges of the front said extensions upwardly tothe front median line of the garment, one ofthe lateral edges of said. seat-piece being joined to the edge of the corres ending rear side-body and leg-portionso the garment from the point of the thigh-gore extension to a point Mabove the seat, the other lateral edge of said I Seat piQce-Ieft free from a permanently attached point below the crotch substantially at the inseam of the opposite leg to a point above the seat; and a flap extension secured to the edge of theother rear side-body lap ping the-free edge of said seat-piece and coig with the latter in .supplenllenting of thejgarment around the hips.

A bifurcated lmdergarment, having a permanently closed crotch formed by a seatpiece insertion having its lower angles formed into a pair of thigh-gore extensions respectively seamed to theedges of the front side inseams of the legs from the points of said extensions upwardly to the front median line of the garment, one of thelateral edges of said seatapiece being joined to the edge of the corres onding rear side-body and leg portions 0' the garment from the point of the thigh gore extension to a point above the seat, the other lateral edge of said seat-piece, left free from a permanently attached point below the crotch at the inner side of the opposite leg to a point above the seat; and a flap extension secured to the a to the edge of the correspondin edge of. the othet' rear side-body and la ping the free ed e of said. seat-piece, t a

lower end portion f said flap extension being extended and seamed into the leg and A forming a le gore, whereby the maj0r-por-' 'tion of the garment around the hips and the lower porap supplements the size of the tion thereof supplements the size of the closed thigh portion of the leg.

A bifurcated garment, having a/permanently closed crotch and flap-covered open-- ing extending from a point above the seat to a point at or near the inseam of one leg and below the crotch, comprising in combination with the body and legs,,a seat-piece having its lower portions formed into thigh exten- .sions for the respective legs, each th gh extension being seamed along the leg inseam from the lower extremity of the extension to the middle of the crotch, one of the lateral outer edges of said seat-piece being joined rear sidebody from the lower extremity o .the thighextenslon to a point above the seat, the 0pposite lateral outer edge of said seat-piece being left free to open from said point substantially at the inseam of the corresponding leg and below the crotch to a point above the seat.

4. A union garment having a substan tially continuous seam forming the legs and crotch and a normally closed upand down posterior opening formed by inner and outer lapping members with free edges extending from permanent connections above the seat to permanent connections-below the crotch, said member having free edges terminating and fixed substantially at said seam.

HORACE G. OHNSON. Witnesses:

MINNIE (l. REHM, JOHN 0. Raven. 

